Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, W1555
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Pre 1889
Associated Notes
Naval cutlass or Artillery or Cavalry Officers sword (with curved blade), Associated with vessel SMS Adler, a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy that was wrecked during the Apia cyclone of 1889.
Associated Event
Apia Cyclone; 1889; Apia/Western Samoa
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
1889
Period
Media
Measurement Description
length: blade length: 31 inches; overall length: 35 inches
Measurement Reading
Subject Category
Classification
Last Update
15 May 2023
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